Peering into the brain, one synapse at a time (IMAGE)

University of South Florida (USF Health)

Peering into the brain, one synapse at a time

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Electron micrograph shows selected region of a mouse brain hippocampus, the brain area responsible for learning and memory. A single synapse is marked with the yellow outline. The human brain is estimated to have trillions of these synapses, which transmit information from one neuron to the next.

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Image courtesy of Gopal Thinakaran, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

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